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Collections

Xipe Totec Standard Bearer1325–1521

On view:
David Geffen Galleries, Stonework from Mesoamerica and the Caribbean Coast
Stone sculpture of a standing nude male figure with clenched fist raised, rough volcanic surface, incised chest band, and inlaid teeth, on a rectangular base
Stone sculpture of a standing human figure viewed in profile, with arms bent at the chest and hands raised, resting on a flat rectangular base; rough-textured gray stone with simplified carved facial features.
Stone sculpture of a standing frontal figure on a rectangular base, with arms at the sides and incised decorative patterns across the torso and face, rough-textured gray stone surface.
Unknown, Xipe Totec Standard Bearer
Stone sculpture of a standing human figure on a flat rectangular base, with incised linear patterns across the torso and a rounded, stylized face with shallow-carved features. Coarse-grained gray stone with a rough, pitted surface texture.

Unknown, Xipe Totec Standard Bearer, 1325–1521 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Xipe Totec Standard Bearer
Culture
Mexica (Aztec)
Place Made
Mexico, Valley of Mexico
Date Made
1325–1521
Medium
Basalt
Dimensions
25 × 10 × 7 in. (63.5 × 25.4 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing
Accession Number
AC1996.146.57
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Peterson, Jeanette Favrot. Sacred Gifts: Precolumbian Art and Creativity. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1994.
  • O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Contested Visions in the Spanish Colonial World. November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012

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